Improvement in table-casters



lnihiaie sind @fitte DANIEL SHERWOOD, OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, EDWARD I. WOODS, AND O. H. LATHAM, OF SAME'PLAOE.

Letters Patent No. 108,838, dated November 1, 1870.

IMPROVEMENTWIN TABLE-CASTERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent-and making parl: of the same. v

Description of the Drawidq.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved cas# ter', l

.Figure 2 is a view of the center bars, towhich the bottle-rings are secured;

Figure .3 represents 011e of the bottle-rings; and

Figure 4 is a view of one -ot the ornamental r0- settes.

Gen eral Description.

lhe parts l 1, forming the legs of the caster, are Composed of strands of wire twisted together,` and bent at thc center into the ring 5, to form the handle.

Erom the ring 5 the strands diverge and embrace the bottle-rings 3, also formed of twisted wire, where they are united to the cross-bars 2 by the eudsoffthe same being twisted around the legs.

The cross-har 2, forming the center of' the castel'- frame, is composed of strands of wire twisted together in the mannerl shown in g; 2, Aand the bottle-ijings' are secured/to it by soldering, or fine wire lwound around them, or by a metallic clasp, so as to unite the Whole firmly together. l 2

At the points where the cross-bars and legs are joined ornamental pieces, of' any shape or material, may be attached-those represented in fig. 4,f 'or 'instance-in order to give the `whole a finished and symmetrical appearance.

Vhen completed, the caster is immersed in a. bath of metal to solder the whole firmly together, and to give all` theparts a surface thatwill be non-corrosive.

Claim.

. What I claim as my invention is The table-caster herein described, consisting ofthe legs l 1, handle 5, cross-bars 2 2, and rings 3 3, constructed substantially in the manner herein described and set forth. K

` DANIEL SHEINVOOD.

Witnesses ."L. A. MCARTHUR,

HORACE F. SnocUM. 

